Dane Stassi

"I love the sport, I've been doing it since I was four so it's all I've ever known. It can be hard at times to train but at the same time you have 26 other guys who are training with you, guys you can fall back on, guys that are experiencing the same stuff you are."

Dane Stassi
Born Aug. 16, 1992 to parents, Rick and Lisa Ablett, Dan Stassi is a senior at the University of California, Berkeley. Swimming since he was four years old, Stassi is primarily a butterfly and freestyle specialist. Stassi started out his career at UC San Diego where he was a six-time DII All-American and national champion in the 200 butterfly. Originally from Irvine, Calif., Stassi attended Orange Coast Community College directly out of high school, but he did not join the swim team. After a year at OCCC, he made a name for himself at UCSD, but eventually wanted a Division I experience and transferred to Cal. The 6'4" senior is studying Political Science, which he plans to follow up with law school. Growing up in southern California Stassi spent a lot of his time at the beach and some of his favorite hobbies include body surfing, body boarding -- basically any time spent at the beach. He gets some of his athleticism from his mother, Lisa, who was a member of the crew team at UCLA.
UCSD
2011-2012
In his freshman year at UCSD Stassi qualified for the DII NCAA Championships. He made an immediate impact finishing fifth in the 200 butterfly and 13th …